“High School Musical 2” premiered Friday night as Disney Channel as the most-watched basic cable telecast of all time.
Yes. All time. Bigger even than -- cover your ears, dad -- NFL football!
“HSM2’s” 17.2 million debut viewers eclipsed ESPN’s Monday Night Football game of last Sept. 25 (the Saints’ post-Katrina return to the New Orleans Superdome) by a whopping 1.2 million viewers.
Take that, “The Closer”! Take that, “Monk”! And take that, “Laguna Beach”!
Plus, let’s not forget, “HSM2” aired twice more over the weekend, adding yet more young eyeballs to its aggregate Nielsen numbers.
Disney’s key demos went through the roof, too. Friday’s premiere was the most watched telecast ever in kids 6-11, and the most watched entertainment telecast (behind only the 2004 Super Bowl) in tweens 9-14. It’s also, clearly, the top-ranked basic cable movie of all time.
Should you have somehow missed this momentous film, “HSM2” airs again Thursday at 8 p.m. on Disney Channel. Last year’s original “High School Musical” comes up to bat this Sunday night at 9.
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It waz BRILLANT but not az good az da first
wi getes euch